Podcast is probably a word that not everyone is familiar with yet. It is actually a play on the word broadcast combined with the word iPod. However, you do not need to have an iPod in order to listen to a podcast, any MP3 player will work. The New Oxford American Dictionary defines a podcast as "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player," but the generally accepted definition has expanded to include video as well as audio. Podcasts allow you to find a huge variety of new and interesting content from the internet and put them in your MP3 player. Anyone can create a podcast. All you need is a computer, a mic and the internet.
Podcasts also have a place in the classroom. They can be created from original material by students and teachers or existing audio files can be downloaded for use in the classroom. When students create podcasts, it allows them to share their learning experiences. It makes learning meaningful and assessment authentic. Teachers also benefit because podcasts allow them to use the technology to provide additional and revision material to students to download and review any time. Below you will find a podcast done by myself and my two partners, Grace Manero and Rebecca DeMarco. It is a reading of the famous book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett. Press the play button to listen!
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Read by Lindsey Courtright, Grace Manero, and Rebecca DeMarco
Podcasts
Podcast is probably a word that not everyone is familiar with yet. It is actually a play on the word broadcast combined with the word iPod. However, you do not need to have an iPod in order to listen to a podcast, any MP3 player will work. The New Oxford American Dictionary defines a podcast as "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player," but the generally accepted definition has expanded to include video as well as audio. Podcasts allow you to find a huge variety of new and interesting content from the internet and put them in your MP3 player. Anyone can create a podcast. All you need is a computer, a mic and the internet.
Podcasts also have a place in the classroom. They can be created from original material by students and teachers or existing audio files can be downloaded for use in the classroom. When students create podcasts, it allows them to share their learning experiences. It makes learning meaningful and assessment authentic. Teachers also benefit because podcasts allow them to use the technology to provide additional and revision material to students to download and review any time. Below you will find a podcast done by myself and my two partners, Grace Manero and Rebecca DeMarco. It is a reading of the famous book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett. Press the play button to listen!
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Read by Lindsey Courtright, Grace Manero, and Rebecca DeMarco
"Podcasts in the Classroom." CMIS Evaluation. N.p., 2010. Web. 28 Nov. 2010. <http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/podcasts/>.
Von Orden, Jason. "What is a Podcast." How to Podcast.// N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2010. <http://www.hot-to-podcast-tutorial.com/what-is-a-podcast.htm>.